Month: October 2012

Mike Humble Getting a deal is what makes many of tick, stealing a bargain while saving a bung makes life all the more sweeter for the wheeling dealing petrol head […]

Faith restored Bought: July 2012 Mileage:  7856 Actual economy:  37.1mpg From my last blog regular readers will know that I was having problems with some persistent issues that were starting […]

Keith Adams Current mileage    12,101miles Claimed economy    62.8mpg Actual economy    49.6mpg I’d been complaining that the Astra was beginning to feel a little on the baggy side on the run-up […]

Keith Adams The journalists are back from Morocco having sampled the fourth generation Range Rover on some of the world’s most demanding roads for the first time. The question is […]

Mike Humble I don’t know about you, but I simply love spotting private cars for sale on people’s drive ways, its a barometer of motors ranging on the whole from dog rough […]

The awakening of the world to the problem of climate change has ushered in a new carbon conscious mind-set amongst consumers in the West. Now, in almost every sector, companies […]

The 1969 hit The Italian Job has taken the top spot a poll held for the Classic Film Festival that takes place at this year’s Footman James Classic Motor Show […]

Mike Humble Another look backwards through rose tinted driving glasses, this time we look at the Communist Porsche Carrera wannabe – The  Škoda Rapid Coupe. The rear engined Czech Mate We […]

Mike Humble I may have mentioned this before but, when I purchased the Rover 75, I never intended to keep it as a long-term smoker. The purchase price was so cheap […]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) headed to the legendary 2.43 mile Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in Kent last weekend for […]

Keith Adams Appearing on eBay like a bolt from the blue, this little red bundle of joy looks like one of the most desirable Metro-shaped packages you’re going to find […]

Mike Humble To quote David Grohl of Foo Fighters fame (the nice man of rock), I have a confession to make: I like the Ford Sierra. It took 14 years […]

Andrew Elphick ‘Where to guv?’ ‘Holyhead Road, Coventry’ ‘That where this cab was made! You work for LTI?’ ‘Sorry driver, no – Pricewaterhouse Cooper…’ If the hypothetical conversation above sounds […]

Andrew Elphick Metro Cammell’s Metrocab is long since a footnote in history, but its moniker isn’t – future technologies (and Bristol owners) Frazer-Nash are the latest custodian of the Metrocab […]

Keith Adams I had a quick spin in a Land Rover XTech special edition today. Once again, it’s almost impossible to justify why such a antediluvian, beastly, bumpy, lumpy and […]

In December 1992, history was made when the first Toyota Carina E rolled off the line at Toyota’s newly opened factory at Burnaston, in Derbyshire. Twenty years on, it’s time to celebrate […]

Keith Adams Better late than never seems to be MG’s mantra at the moment. While the world waits for the MG6 diesel, the company has launched a limited edition version […]

The first ‘Minis to Marseille’ event held by the Mini Cooper Register was a great success, with 17 cars and their crews enjoying a 1400 mile tour through some of […]

With the future of Vauxhall under scrutiny as ever, it’s good to reflect on the past. And it doesn’t get much more ‘past’ than this car, being auctioned by Bonhams […]

The Land Rover given to Sir Winston Churchill on his 80th birthday is to be sold by auction house Cheffins in Cambridgeshire this weekend. By Daniel Harrison The early Series […]

Keith Adams It’s been a while since I’ve had a rant on these pages – what with work, life and travel keeping me pretty much fully occupied. But on Monday […]